I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.

So for, you know, for a good 20 years now I've been involved with veterans and soldiers and in support of them no matter what they're doing.

When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.

While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.

Well, youre not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.

I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.

When we hold onto worry, regret, and anger, peace of mind, strength of body, and freedom of spirit eludes us.

The world talks to the mind. Parents speak more intimately

If you are always taking the right actions that your goals demand, it would almost be impossible to ever experience a stagnant state of existence.

Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.

All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession.

If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.